leave me
Saw two girls
-far better than angels
-beauty toes to head
-their smiles flower
I became walking dead
-jaw fallen
-heart charcoal on fire
Sealed to top of my mouth
-was poor tongue
Was searching for photo
-to aim at camera
-take photo…
It was an advertise:
- "Turn friends to neighbours."
Though smart,
-not my kind…
For money…
For money…
For money…
"Why not do it reverse? "
-I murmured
-and girls heard
-then I dared
-they spoke, and I shared:
- "Make the neighbours friend! "
They liked it and agreed
-then asked me:
- "Are you a Christian? "
The two were missionaries
-could not hug
-we shook hands
-wanted me to become a Mormon.
I gave them my card and
-commented: "Am not worth! "
Could not and did not mean
-go further into the discussion.
Best was what I had said:
- "I am not worth! "
Soon after I was in Wynford Church
-Koreans…
"Are you a Catholic? "
Avoided discussion
-using my past knowledge
-I acted as expert
-gathered words
-on tongue as conveyer:
- "God is one to us all…
-is father and loves us …
-to parent every child
-is the same, equal…
-let us love with respect…
-in that way…
-happy will be father."
Crazy as we are
-back in car
-soliloquy…
"Brothers and sisters
-missionaries of all faiths
-Abrahamic and others
-I beg you
-Please, please
-please, please
-leave me alone
-let me have many faiths
-not bound to single one."
Please, please…
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem